Definition
To be hanged.
In Context
- "Oh! Do hang him-we have waited Many a day for such a chance; Let the hempen cord be baited; See how gracefully he'll dance Dance on nothing! oh, how funny![…]"
- "I would much rather be here, my lady, than dancing on nothing in the Hanging-wood, near Parkend"
Also Said As
- dance on a rope
- dance upon nothing
- dance on a rope
- dance on nothing
- dance the hempen jig
- dance the Tyburn jig
- dance upon nothing
- dangle
- hang
- ride a horse foaled by an acorn
- stretch hemp
- string up
- swing
- take a ride to Tyburn
- trine
- truss
- wag hemp